Two poems for my kids

Two poems I wrote for the kids, commissioned by the kids. I asked them for a prompt. Josiah naturally asked for Hamsters. Evelyn for fairies in the forest.

Hamster poem (Josiah, age 12)

In a pile of blankets, you glance And see a flash of motion. You must be quick for a chance Of gathering a notion Of the hamster dance. They run and jump and hide in tunnels, Tucked and folded for fun! They’ll hide before anyone’ll Can guess their hamster names! Chirping, squeak! Josiah comes! Everyone play dumb or sleep! Master never, ever plumbs Our depths, how deep we creep! We squall, and roll, and feed our face On every seed and crumb That even though we walk with grace We seem so simple and dumb He’ll never guess our games!

Fairies in forest (Evelyn, age 10)

Hyacinth of purple and pink adorn The path, dappled each side with green and grey, But roses white appear as gold each morn When Master Sun rises to shine his rays. At night, starlight alone adorns her head, (Unless light of Moon softly paints the lass,) A pillow of darling daisies ‘neath her bed And winds whispering through the downy grass. Moss, tangled roots, brown leaves festoon The meadow wherein she sleeps with the blessed; Brightly lit fairies dance and sing a tune With words that when she wakes she cannot guess. She rests in joy — her golden hair her down — A dozen lily fairies are her crown.